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Banqueting furniture offers flexibility for student societies

Stackable banqueting furniture can allow universities to cater for the needs of their students' societies, with flexible seating options that can be put away into storage to free up space, and easily reinstated when the seating is needed once again.

According to the British Hospitality Association, 7% of all events are held at universities, and that means there should be plenty of demand for appropriate seating, whether it means large numbers of seating placed in rows, or more informal use of individual scattered chairs.

Good banqueting furniture can work in either situation, from formal meals, conventions and end-of-term balls, to week-in, week-out society meetings and one-off social events.

The best option for your needs can depend on a wide variety of different factors - do you need to be able to stack the furniture away for storage, or will it remain in place more or less indefinitely?

Does the furniture need to be used outdoors, for example for post-graduation afternoon teas on a sunny early-summer's day?

Would you prefer a traditionally upholstered option, with well-padded seat, or a wipe-clean alternative, in a modern-day material such as vinyl?

Taking all of these issues into account, as well as points of preference such as colour scheme and the type of metal you want to be used in the frame, you can easily narrow down the shortlist until you find your ideal banqueting furniture.

And for universities who are keen to encourage their students to form societies that make the best use of their banqueting furniture, Cambridge University's Alternative Banqueting Society is a prime example of how you can combine formal dining with an anarchic sense of humour.

The society's events generally involve a lavish banquet, complete with several courses of the kind of food you might expect to see in a Michelin-starred restaurant; however, with the menus written in anagram form, it could still be a challenge to work out what you're actually eating.

But your society doesn't need to be strictly about banqueting - sports clubs and even simple social events for students studying the same degree programme can also help to enrich students' university experience, and keep your banqueting furniture in regular use too.